GRAULTY, Dorothy Y. Terry

May 07, 2009

GRAULTY, Dorothy Y. Terry

Dorothy Y. Graulty of the Terry family, known by family and friends as ``Yummy'', died peacefully at home on Saturday (April 25, 2009). She was 90 years old and a lifelong resident of Greater Hartford. Born February 3, 1919 to Elsie (Burke) Yeomans and Howard W. Yeomans, Yummy spent her entire life in West Hartford, Avon and Bloomfield. She is a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, who came on the Mayflower, as well as many of Connecticut's earliest settlers. She attended The Oxford School, Dobbs Ferry and Vassar College. In 1942, she married Benjamin P. Terry and together, they raised four children in West Hartford. In 1968, she married William W. Graulty and was a loving step-mother to his six children. She was active in many civic organizations and charities, not the least of which was her beloved Hartford Hospital where she volunteered for decades in the Emergency Room and where she also served as a Corporator. A lifelong member of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, she supported the church's community projects and was a tireless volunteer in its Thrift Shop. She served as a volunteer with the Junior League of Hartford, was a past president of the Residents' Association at Duncaster, and chaired several Duncaster committees. Yummy was a generous benefactor of many area charities including: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Hartford Hospital, Hartford Stage, Planned Parenthood and Plimouth Plantation. She was a champion of arts and heritage organizations. She loved – in no particular order: the Boston Red Sox (despite her deep Yankee roots), Basin Harbor Club, her family – most especially her grandchildren (and ensuing four ``greats''), Hartford Stage, Hatchett's Point, the entire PGA of America, shrimp cocktail, the Kentucky Derby, her friends at Duncaster, lobster rolls, Hartford Hospital, the Hartford Golf Club, chocolate and champagne. Mrs. Graulty is survived by her brother Clinton Babcock Yeomans (Peterborough, NH) and leaves three sons, David Y. Terry and his wife Suzanne (Cohasset, MA), Benjamin C. Terry and his wife Carol (West Hartford), Christopher B. Terry (West Hartford), and a daughter Diane E. Terry and her significant other, Arthur Fasciani (Sudbury, MA). She also leaves grandsons Jed Terry (San Diego, CA), Nicholas Terry (Philadelphia, PA) Benjamin Terry (Richmond, VA) and grand-daughters Megan Hansen and her husband Tucker (Hingham, MA) and Elida Mullarkey and her husband Jamie (Bloomfield).

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 8 at Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Avenue in Hartford. In lieu of flowers a donation may be sent to Hartford Stage, 50 Church Street, Hartford 06103 or the Greater Hartford Arts Council, 45 Pratt Street, Hartford 06123-1436.